A group of employees from the Capricorn Group on Friday spent time with over 100 orphans, vulnerable children and youth at the Acacia Children’s Trust in Soweto Katutura.
The group served meals and drinks, facilitating motivation sessions through vision board activities and panel discussions with the youth.
The Group’s Executive for Brand and Corporate Affairs, Marlize Horn, in a media statement on Monday, said the centre received extra stationery to equip volunteers at the centre with training material, as well as office chairs and other furniture, donated by Capricorn Group’s Operations department.
“We are glad to be a part of an initiative that encourages, empowers and enriches the Namibian youth. We believe in investing in our communities and will continuously look for opportunities to make a difference and live our brand promise of being Connectors of Positive Change,” Horn said.
Acacia Children’s Trust is a non-profit, community-based organization that reaches out to orphans and vulnerable children in Katutura between the ages of six and 18. This project also offers diverse skills development training for 60 unemployed youth, school dropouts and single mothers.
On her part, Acacia Children’s Trust founder, Juliana Garises, said the various types of activities for different age groups include a daily feeding programme, after school homework & tutoring assistance, skills training programmes like office administration and computer skills, family empowerment programmes and gardening scheme for sustainable vegetables produce, adding that the initiative was made possible by Imago Dei, a third-party partner of the Group.
“Capricorn Group motivated and encouraged the children today. We have orphans and school dropouts at the centre, whom we are trying to motivate to dream again. We truly believe that hope was instilled today,” she said.